Season 23

Press play on Doraemon Season 23 and watch online on iFILM — 41 episodes of the 2001 Japanese anime about the friendship between a boy and a robot cat sent back from the 22nd century.

The season carries no overarching plot: it's forty-one self-contained stories, fifteen to twenty minutes each. Nobita flunks a test or schemes to skip school, then begs Doraemon for help. The cat reaches into his pocket, produces another tool from the future, and things promptly go sideways. By the twenty-third season the gags are well-worn, yet they still feel fresh to kids while the nostalgia lands for grown-ups.

It's built on Fujiko F. Fujio's manga and has been animated continuously since 1979. This season doesn't differ much from the ones around it, and that's fair enough: you put it on for the cozy routine, not for plot twists. Stream Doraemon Season 23 online on iFILM.